Embarrassing—Even for Future Celebrities

Is the bar mitzvah still an important rite of passage? I mean, you know the joke: 'When does a Jewish child become an adult? When he graduates from medical school.'
I think it's still at the forefront of a child's life. But you might have a point. Howie Mandel said to us, "I didn't understand. I looked in the mirror: I was four-foot-10. I lived at home with my parents. I didn't make any money. How did this make me a man?"

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